A Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee was killed in a road crash at Debiganj upazila in Panchagarh Saturday on his way to exam hall.

The deceased was identified as Sabirul Islam Sagar,16, a student of Kalurhat KC High School and son of Mojibul Islam from Khochabari Kalicharan village in the upazila.

Sagar was on his way to attend Bengali second paper exam at MP Girls High School center at Kaliganj Saturday morning by an auto-rickshaw.

Near Matiapara area on Dhangirhat-Kaliganj road the auto rickshaw overturned while saving a goat on the road, leaving Sagar severely injured, said Md Jamal Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Debiganj police station.

He was declared dead by the doctors when taken to the upazila health complex, said the OC.